I hate to say that I'll never be selling a stock, because you never know what life will bring. However, there are some companies that I own that I can comfortably say I hope to hand them off to my daughter someday (hopefully many years from now).

Three of these forever-holds include Realty Income (NYSE: O), Procter Gamble (NYSE: PG), and (NYSE: HSY). Here's why I'm so fond of each of them.

Realty Income has a dividend yield of around 5.6% at this writing, which is near its highest levels of the past decade. The shares look reasonably attractive right now. But there's more to like than just a lofty yield, including the three decades' worth of annual dividend increases and the real estate investment trust's (REIT's) investment-grade-rated balance sheet.

Continue reading

Source Fool.com